Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

cornerblock

The little stringy bit left on a banana after you've peeled it.

Ben6899

Giraffoto wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

Posts on forums that make me think, "he/she really ought to keep the bong and the PC in different rooms"

Doesn't annoy me much, I'd just prefer not to have to pause and think that . . .

(Discuss.)

You know the sort of thing. When an ordinary conversation about say, waterproofs or your favourite rides suddenly becomes a tinfoil hat rant about politics. That sort of thing.

Totally with you. My "(Discuss)" was a veiled reference to another minor annoyance mentioned in this thread. Have a skim when you get a minute.

seanoconn

Picking a bogey and no matter how much you try to roll and flick, it sticks to your finger!

Ginjafro

Ben6899 wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

Posts on forums that make me think, "he/she really ought to keep the bong and the PC in different rooms"

Doesn't annoy me much, I'd just prefer not to have to pause and think that . . .

(Discuss.)

You know the sort of thing. When an ordinary conversation about say, waterproofs or your favourite rides suddenly becomes a tinfoil hat rant about politics. That sort of thing.

Totally with you. My "(Discuss)" was a veiled reference to another minor annoyance mentioned in this thread. Have a skim when you get a minute.

Ha ha ha, dddiscuss! :twisted:

Giraffoto

It annoys me when everyone spots my inability to pick up on irony before I do! :x

DevonClimber

People walking past our house, sure just stare in through the window at us...Perverts!

Dog walkers.

The whole of the British upper class/aristocracy and Royals.

bompington

Capt Slog wrote:

People who stand on the travelator which is the only access to the shopping floor from the carpark in my local Tesco. There is a large window to the side of it, and they stand there and look at the 'view' (carpark and sh!tty market town) as if they are on some form of fairground ride. I'm always in a hurry, and walk at a fast pace most places, and to have to stand behind these numpties really annoys me.

To the embarrassment of Mrs Slog, I usually say "excuse me please" and walk past them, at which point they suddenly wake up with a sort of "I never thought of THAT!" expression and begin walking too. :roll:

(Please forgive me if I've posted this somewhere before, I can't find it if I have)

I often get funny looks dragging a fully loaded trolley down the travelator with its wheels locked tight.

fatbabyjake

Three office related things.

1 - Smoker's breaks. Why the feck do they get to take a break of between 5-10 minutes on several occasions each day due to their habit? I've seen some folk go out at least 6 times a day for this. That could be up to an hour they're not working but getting paid to stand outside to chat to their mates and come back into the office smelling disgusting. If they can take these breaks, can i take greedy b@stard breaks and go and get some chips?

2 - People who can't leave office toilets in a clean state for others to use. I'm assuming that their bathrooms at home must covered in p1ss, left unflushed and have bogeys wiped on the walls. (This actually goes beyond trivial but i had to vent somewhere)

3 - People (I'm assuming those guilty of the second one) who don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. The amount of times i've been in a stall and heard others flush and then walk straight back out into the office beggars belief.

Edited to correct my inability to count the number of points

Peddle Up!

fatbabyjake wrote:

People (I'm assuming those guilty of the second one) who don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. The amount of times i've been in a stall and heard others flush and then walk straight back out into the office beggars belief.

This is one of mine too, but I'd grade it as very important. How can anyone be so gross? :?

de_sisti

fatbabyjake wrote:

Two office related things.

1 - Smoker's breaks. Why the feck do they get to take a break of between 5-10 minutes on several occasions each day due to their habit? I've seen some folk go out at least 6 times a day for this. That could be up to an hour they're not working but getting paid to stand outside to chat to their mates and come back into the office smelling disgusting. If they can take these breaks, can i take greedy b@stard breaks and go and get some chips?

2 - People who can't leave office toilets in a clean state for others to use. I'm assuming that their bathrooms at home must covered in p1ss, left unflushed and have bogeys wiped on the walls. (This actually goes beyond trivial but i had to vent somewhere)

3 - People (I'm assuming those guilty of the second one) who don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. The amount of times i've been in a stall and heard others flush and then walk straight back out into the office beggars belief.

* All of the above at my place of work too. I make sure that I have some Spirigel TM at my desk.

* Use of the word Exclusive in the media.

Peddle Up!

People who spoil what should be an enjoyable shared experience by eating, drinking, talking to their friends and fiddling with their phones in the cinema.

capt_slog

People who come and knock on my "office" door thus making me leave the 'bit that won't fit where it's supposed to fit but was just about to' to go and answer it (even though I've shouted YES three times), and when I go to the door they say "Do you know if Mr Man Nextdoor is in today?".

NO, I don't know where he is! He doesn't tell me, we just happen to work in neighbouring rooms you little pillock.

and breathe

CiB

That technique of filming real life with a very narrow band of focus across the middle of the shot so that the whole scene appears as if in miniature. The BBC used it in some establishing shots during the Olympics, C4 over-use it to death on that prog about small spaces. It was vaguely interesting when it first appeared; it's now gone straight to cliché, and does my 'ead in.

There's a name for it - anyone know it?

FoldingJoe

Why dogs can't do a wee and a poo at the same time.

In a bit of a rush to get back to my laptop this morning as working from home and became frustrated by my dog having to stop twice to crap and wee. Why can't they just do it at the same time like us humans?

graham.

CiB wrote:

That technique of filming real life with a very narrow band of focus across the middle of the shot so that the whole scene appears as if in miniature. The BBC used it in some establishing shots during the Olympics, C4 over-use it to death on that prog about small spaces. It was vaguely interesting when it first appeared; it's now gone straight to cliché, and does my 'ead in.

There's a name for it - anyone know it?

I noticed a few of the more basic photography magazines showing how to make your photo's look like that.
I believe it's called "Thattechniqueoffilmingreallifewithaverynarrowbandoffocusacrossthemiddleoftheshotsothatthe wholesceneappearsasifinminiature."
Fortunately it went way of bad HDR and Colour Popping. :roll:

bompington

Except it's not trivial, it's pretty much the end of civilisation.

pedrojake

People who 'check in' their location at every opportunity on facebook. Do you think I really give a sh*t if you are in Starbucks, Tesco, the gym or lying on the settee? No, why do I need to be told where you are 5 times a day ffs.

And by the way Mr Boss, are you really so thick that you dont realise your 'checking in' locations arent tying up in any way shape or form as to where your diary says you are?

pedrojake

People who dont reply to a text or email.

Me: 'Hi, sent you a text/email to see if you fancied a cycle/pint etc. Didnt you get it?'
Them: 'Yeah, got it, sorry, didnt have time to reply.....'

Yes, you effing did have time. Cause it would have taken approximately 10 seconds you ignorant pr1ck!

bompington

People who phone, text or mail you and assume that you have nothing better to do than drop everything to satisfy their needs

;-)

peat

ktuludays wrote:

my current hate is fool drivers who are turning right at a junction which is wide enough for a car to turn left at who cannot sit on the right of the junction. Instead they feel it is far more important to sit in the middle of said junction and not leave enough room for any car turning left to get past. wankers!!

Ah, but in some instances, it is nessesary to cover it off so you can see whats coming from the left. There's a junction like that near my work, if you let cars get on your left, you cannot see whats coming because of the curvature of the road from that direction.

But if it's an easy one, then yeah, **** 'em!

ben@31

Peat wrote:

ktuludays wrote:

my current hate is fool drivers who are turning right at a junction which is wide enough for a car to turn left at who cannot sit on the right of the junction. Instead they feel it is far more important to sit in the middle of said junction and not leave enough room for any car turning left to get past. wankers!!

Ah, but in some instances, it is nessesary to cover it off so you can see whats coming from the left. There's a junction like that near my work, if you let cars get on your left, you cannot see whats coming because of the curvature of the road from that direction.

But if it's an easy one, then yeah, **** 'em!

One similar annoyance is when you are sat at a t junction waiting to turn left or right onto a main road, then a car approaches from your left and turns right into your minor road and blatantly cuts the corner by miles. Why can you stay on the correct side of the road rather than almost take my right wing off?

mr_poll

The trend by production companies on TV shows to tell us what is coming up at the start of a show, then what will happen after an ad break, post ad break they tell us happened before the ad break (and some now repeat what will happen next). So you are left with about 12 minutes of original programme from a 30 min slot.

Noticed the bloody BBC have started this trick too grrrrrrr.

Peddle Up!

Christmas adverts (they've started :evil: ) that suggest that women do all the work for the big day and men loll around like gormless idiots being waited on. Huh! :roll:

de_sisti

Tv shots, especially in interviews, where the head/face of the person talking fills the screen.
A bit like when someone is talking to you and they their face is about 6 inches from yours.

Cubic

The man who does the announcements on the X-Factor.

crom7

Mrs Crom7 says:

People who stand in front of the telly.
People who do 'man looks'!
People who go upstairs with their dirty shoes on.
People who take a cup of coffee and a book into the toilet in the morning.
People who think most of the prominent figures in recent history stem from welsh ancestry.
People who write things on forums.
People who think its okay to keep a bike in the lounge.

briantrumpet

mr_poll wrote:

Noticed the bloody BBC have started this trick too grrrrrrr.

Started? They've been doing it for ages - it's almost got so ubiquitous that I just watch on iPlayer and scroll forward the first three minutes on all programmes. Once upon a time if you didn't switch the telly on five minutes before a programme you'd miss the vital first bit as the valves warmed up. Wouldn't matter these days. Does me 'ead in. TV dished up for idiots.

Ginjafro

Bloody students at work (college) who are incapable of resisting the urge to eat, whatever, before they have left the workshop, never mind the soddin' building. Then, demolishing the BLT, bap or crusty roll in no more than two mouthfulls and risking eating their own hand, greedy pigs!

verylonglegs

Englands inability to play spin in places like India :?

2Phat4Rapha

The trend by production companies on TV shows to tell us what is coming up at the start of a show, then what will happen after an ad break, post ad break they tell us happened before the ad break (and some now repeat what will happen next). So you are left with about 12 minutes of original programme from a 30 min slot.

I call this "shred and spread". Take a few minutes of footage, chop it up into bits, top and tail each bit with an intro and an upsum, grout the lot with more "what we're going to show you", "what you've just seen" and "what we'll show you later". Can spread it out as thin as you like. Countryfile is a prime example. They even take a bunch of old programmes, spin 'em together with a bit of voiceover and call it a new programme!

And why TF does Charlie "If you like", Stayte have to keep saying, "we'll have the weather coming up later". Oh, what a firkin surprise. Weather in a morning news programme. Never expected that Charlie.

Oh, and btw, I absolutely loath "if you like" :evil: